Reading and Language ArtsóDictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

READING DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, & HANDBOOKS

Encyclopedia of learning and memory
Containing 189 alphabetically arranged, signed articles, most accompanied by a bibliography, this reference for students, teachers, and the educated public encompasses the range of current knowledge about the brain's ability to process, store, and retrieve vast amounts of information. It's particularly helpful in explaining the biological aspects of learning and memory--brain anatomy, function, and chemistry--to the general reader through the use of illustrations.

Handbook of Research On Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts
The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy through the Communicative and Visual Arts focuses on multiple ways in which learners gain access to knowledge and skills. The handbook explores the possibilities of broadening current conceptualizations of literacy to include the full array of the communicative arts (reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing) and to focus on the visual arts of drama, dance, film, art, video, and computer technology.

Handbook of research on teaching the English language arts
The Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts is the first comprehensive, definitive guide to what we know about language arts teachers, the processes involved in learning the language arts, and language arts instruction.The articles are organized into five sections: Theoretical Bases for English Language Arts Teaching.Methods of Research on English Language Arts Teaching.Research on Language Learners.Environments for English Language Arts Teaching.Research on Teaching Specific Aspects of the English Language Arts Curriculum.
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Literacy in American lives
"Literacy in American Lives traces the changing conditions of literacy learning as they were felt in the lives of ordinary Americans born between 1895 and 1985. The book demonstrates what sharply rising standards for literacy have meant to successive generations of Americans and how - as students, workers, parents, and citizens - they have responded to rapid changes in the meaning and methods of literacy learning in their society."
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